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8 months ago+35 35 0Reddit reveals FTC inquiry into deals licensing its users' data for AI training
Reddit says the Federal Trade Commission has opened an inquiry into the social media platform's sale, licensing or sharing of user posts and other content to outside organizations for use in training artificial intelligence models.
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9 months ago+16 16 0Why are minigames now basically essential for larger video games?
From Gwent to Orlog and the upcoming Queen’s Blood in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, minigames are everywhere
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1 year ago+33 33 0'Polar bear capital of the world' soon to be overrun with record number of bears due to shifting sea ice
The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way.
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1 year ago+25 25 0How electric cars became a battleground in the culture wars
EVs have become weaponised amid fears over cost of shift to battery power and job losses at carmakers
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1 year ago+15 15 0Kansas woman killed by grizzly bear was 'beautiful free spirit', says mother
Amie Adamson was an avid hiker, and died "doing what she loved" on a Montana trail, her mother says.
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1 year ago+3 3 0New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first
The ban is expected to reduce the use of 150 million bags a year
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1 year ago+8 8 0The first permanent electrified road for electric vehicles will be constructed in Sweden
With the most recent EU regulation requiring zero CO2 emissions from automobiles starting in 2035, European nations are scrambling to set up the infrastructure (electrified road) required for the mobility of electric vehicles (EVs). In terms of susta ...
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1 year ago+27 27 0You can now use your phone to ID skin conditions
While it’s not at all aimed to replace medical screening, the visual search function of Google Lens has now moved beyond identifying plants and birds to being able to act as a preliminary skin check tool. Simply take a snap in the Google app, or uplo ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0Reddit blackout: Subreddits to go private on Monday
Thousands of Reddit communities will be inaccessible on Monday in protest at how the site is being run. Reddit is introducing controversial charges to developers of third-party apps, which are used to browse the social media platform. But this has re ...
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1 year ago+27 27 0Google to crack down on office attendance, asks remote workers to reconsider
Google's HR chief told workers that office attendance will be more closely monitored
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1 year ago+19 19 023 books to read this summer
Whether you’re traveling or catching the sun at home in the coming months, here are books we’ve enjoyed this year that make for good summer reading.
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1 year ago+28 28 0Online age verification is coming, and privacy is on the chopping block
The future of the internet could be at stake.
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1 year ago+14 14 0New tool links air pollution with increased risk of dementia
Exposure to fine particulate air pollutants (PM2.5) may increase the risk of developing dementia, according to a new meta-analysis from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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1 year ago+12 12 0‘I felt so betrayed’: classical musician forced out of London flat after noise complaints
Musicians are facing a postcode lottery of noise complaints, industry leaders have warned, after a member of the classical chart-topping choir Mediaeval Baebes was handed a noise abatement notice for playing music in her flat. Fiona Fey was told she ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Ecuador Strikes a Landmark Deal to Protect the Galápagos, and Save Cash
A creative debt restructuring will save the country money and create a fund to protect waters around the Galápagos Islands.
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1 year ago+16 16 0President Biden meets with AI CEOs at the White House amid ethical criticism
"A room full of the dudes who gave us the issues & fired us for talking about the risks."
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1 year ago+1 1 0New psychology research shows long gaps in conversation function differently between strangers and friends
A new study published in Philosophical Transactions B explores whether pauses in conversation are experienced or interpreted differently depending on whether the conversation is between friends or strangers.
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1 year ago+27 27 0Elon Musk says he's getting rid of rare Earth magnets in Tesla EVs
In a major move, Tesla is looking to rid its electric vehicles of rare Earth minerals, potentially eliminating the biggest environmental concern over the increasing number of EVs on the road. The surprise announcement came during Tesla's Master ...
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1 year ago+26 26 0Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing
Microsoft says it’s investigating reports of an Edge privacy issue.
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1 year ago+30 30 0 x 1iPadOS 17 Again Rumored to Drop Support for These iPads
Apple in iPadOS 17 will drop support for the first-generation 9.7-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro as well as the fifth-generation iPad, according to French tech website iPhoneSoft. This is the second time we have heard claims regarding iPad device compat ...